Recent content by ianac1

Right another question, sorry:o Thanks for the links guys, i've checked them and it looks like my glacier and williamette hops will go with the coopers australian pale ale i'm going to brew today. What i'm going to do is just boil, say a litre of water, toss the hops in then take it off...

As a scotsman i feel i have to chip in here. That whiskey looks good, i don't know about the distiller but the bottle looks great! I've visited most of the distilleries across Scotland and drank most of the whisky from all over here and if you're a whisky fan, try and get your hands on a...

Thanks for these guys, they'll come in very handy.

Could anyone recommend some sites that say what hops are best to use with specific types of lager, beers or ales? Are there any sites like this? Thanks for any replies/suggestions.

Maybe we are lazy, but it works so don't see a problem with it. I done exactly the same, opened the fermenter and threw the hops in (no bag). I've got the thing (don't know the name of it) on the end of my syphon which keeps it off the bottom of the bucket and above the sediment which...

Don't want to hijack the thread but what hops did you use for your pale ale chode720? I'm doing an australian pale ale next which was excellent last time i made it but everything can be improved upon i think.

I read something exactly like this, here's the link Dry Hopping Instructions - Jasper's Home Brew & Winemaking with some different options. I used the last option the same as you are going to although i also read somewhere else that dry hopping for 7-10 days this way is sufficient as after...

Please don't say that! your teasing me. I've got another ready to start but nothing to store it in when finished. Bottles all conditioning, keg full of dark ale.:o

Yep exactly the same as me, but i could just tell that even if i left this lager alone it wouldn't carb up the way i wanted. I like a lager to have a bit of fizz. For anyone using the coopers drops in 500ml bottles i'd definitely recommend 1 1/2 drops per bottle. The packet says 1 drop...

Yeh i know what you guys are saying, i do try to wait as long as possible but it was in primary for about 2 weeks and then secondary in the bottles for the 6 days so thought one might have been OK. Tried one from my last batch earlyish. A pal ale, carbonisation was great, ale was just a...

Thanks for the quick response Yooper. I've just done them all. Opened, added another half drop, recapped them then swirled them up again. I'll leave them for a few weeks now. What a job it was trying to get the cap on in the space between adding the 1/2 drop and lager firing out the...

I brewed a mexican cerveza extract, all went fine and when it came to bottling i used 1 coopers carbonation drop, i usually use 1 1/2 but read that 1would be fine for a 500ml bottle. I bottled it on the 17th, it's cleared and sediment has gone to the bottom of the bottle so i tried a couple...

I have this lager already fermenting so would anyone suggest how much of each of the hops i've mentioned would be good, maybe 1/2oz of each, just throw the hop flowers in, then leave to ferment for a few weeks then straight to bottle? Would this add anything to the lager or would i be better...

Just a quick question. I'm going to add some Williamette and some Glacier hops in an equal ratio to this for dry hopping but don't have a hop bag. Any suggegtions for doing this without a bag? It's hop leafs and not pelletes which i've read can leave fibres floating around the beer...

Doesn't all that tipping the bottle kick up all the sediment while your drinking it though?